Caring for the environment

Over recent years we have been engaged in a process aimed at reducing our greenhouse gases, which is a response to both increased service user expectations and our responsible approach to the environment by:

controlling our consumption of natural and energy resources where possible fighting against global warming and pollution through the definition of quantified targets for the reduction of our CO2 emissions and wastes sharing sustainable development principles with parties concerned.

We have a longstanding commitment to tackling climate change and accordingly can report the following figures.

2019-2020 Emissions

Scope 1 (gas, transport)

Scope 2 (electricity)

Total

Scope 1 and scope 2 carbon intensity 517.54 Tonnes CO2 equivalent (tCO2e)

146.39 Tonnes CO2 equivalent (tCO2e)

663.93 tCO2e

590.16 (kg CO2e/per employed person on average)

These figures reflect the emissions from leased and controlled assets for which we are responsible. Emissions are overwhelmingly from grey fleet transport for our employees attending to patients in the local community.

Recorded energy consumption during the financial year was 2,712,183.56 kWh (2,712 MWh).

We have been actively engaged in measures to reduce our energy consumption and in the last year we have had the following initiatives:

Replacing old halogen, T8 and inefficient lamps with low-energy LEDs. Installing electric vehicle charging points at some of our premises. Upgrading to new boilers where applicable. Reviewing annually our car and driving policies.

Our Objectives for 2020-2021

During the coming year we will continue our efforts to reduce our energy consumption. We have set ourselves three key objectives as outlined here:

Electricity: Reduce our baseline electricity consumption by 2%. Lighting: Continue to evolve and install low energy lighting across the portfolio. Electric/Hybrid Vehicles: To achieve a 10% target of employee vehicles to be full or part electric. Although we do not provide company cars, we do have a lease car scheme available to staff, and we will use this to encourage employees to use ‘greener’ vehicles. We are considering a number of incentives to achieve this, including subsidised leases for green vehicles, priority parking, and continued installation of electric vehicle charging points.